Chapter Summaries

Ling Yue discovered an unexpected reaction to Chen Lang spanking her during training, while Ling Kun returned to Spirit Hall and told Thousand Jun Douluo about their defeat and the money owed. Thousand Jun Douluo gave Ling Kun funds to return to Chen Lang’s academy, though the chapter left him shocked by the cost of tuition and the extra debt.

• Chen Lang slapped Ling Yue during squats, and the sensation made her legs go weak as he caught her.
• Ling Yue later tried slapping herself, then dreamed of being spanked and woke to find her bedsheets wet.
• Ling Kun returned to Spirit Hall and told Thousand Jun Douluo that he and Ling Yue had lost to Chen Lang, who was a Soul Emperor.
• Ling Kun explained that Ling Yue was being held as collateral and that they owed fifteen million Gold Soul Coins, plus one million a year for academy tuition.
• Thousand Jun Douluo gave Ling Kun ten million Gold Soul Coins and agreed to keep their defeat quiet, while Ling Kun promised the academy’s training would benefit them.

Ling Yue continued paying Chen Lang for private training, secretly anticipating his slaps, while Chen Lang encouraged her to keep returning. Ling Kun arrived at Shrek Academy, misunderstood what he saw, and attacked Chen Lang, but Ling Yue defended the dean and rejected her brother’s control.

• Thousand Jun Douluo offered Ling Kun twenty million Gold Soul Coins to investigate whether Shrek Academy’s students could break the Soul Ring absorption limit, and Ling Kun returned to the academy.
• Ling Yue asked Chen Lang for another private training class and agreed to pay one thousand Gold Soul Coins per class.
• During training, Chen Lang slapped Ling Yue after she reached the end of her squats, and she asked to return for another class the next day.
• After another ten days, Ling Kun arrived at Shrek Academy and learned that Ling Yue had been taking Chen Lang’s private classes every day.
• Ling Kun saw Chen Lang slap Ling Yue and rushed to attack him, but Ling Yue stood between them and said she had chosen to train with Chen Lang and no longer wanted her brother controlling her.

Ling Kun and Ling Yue settled into Shrek Academy’s intense training, while their relatives in Spirit Hall arranged another challenge against Chen Lang’s side. The chapter ended with Porcupine Douluo’s grandson Ci Bufan and Snake Lance Douluo’s grandson She Tian arriving at Shrek Academy.

• Ling Kun learned that Ling Yue had willingly accepted Chen Lang’s training and discovered that the physical conditioning improved her Soul Power absorption.
• Ling Kun joined Shrek Academy’s training and pushed through six hundred repetitions after overhearing Chen Lang and Ling Yue’s suggestive exchange.
• Thousand Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo admitted that their descendants had lost to Chen Lang’s side, and Porcupine Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo agreed to send their grandsons to investigate.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun asked Chen Lang when the group would challenge the five great academies, while Ling Kun broke a cafeteria table and paid Flender one thousand Gold Soul Coins for it.
• Ci Bufan and She Tian arrived at Shrek Academy to challenge Chen Lang’s side.

Chen Lang met two young Spirit Hall challengers, Ci Bufan and She Tian, and persuaded them to sign an agreement for a two-on-one fight with a larger wager. The challengers agreed to face him together, and Chen Lang hurried to begin before his chicken wings got cold.

• Dai Mubai told Chen Lang that two Spirit Hall youths had arrived, while Ling Kun agreed to keep quiet in exchange for a year of waived tuition for himself and Ling Yue.
• Chen Lang met Ci Bufan and She Tian at Shrek Academy’s gate and learned they had brought challenge letters but no money for the wager.
• Chen Lang offered the youths a choice between separate five-million-Gold-Soul-Coin duels or a two-on-one match with a ten-million-coin wager for each challenger.
• She Tian persuaded Ci Bufan that fighting Chen Lang together was the safer and more profitable choice, and both youths signed Chen Lang’s new agreement.
• Chen Lang put away the agreement and urged Ci Bufan and She Tian to begin the fight before his grilled chicken wings went cold.

Chen Lang defeated Ci Bufan and She Tian, then charged them for Oscar’s healing sausages and revealed that Ling Yue and Ling Kun were his students. Ling Kun urged the two defeated challengers to join the academy, but Ci Bufan refused.

• Ci Bufan and She Tian revealed their mutated Martial Souls and challenged Chen Lang, who showed his six black Soul Rings and overwhelmed them with a single sword thrust.
• Chen Lang used the fight to teach Dai Mubai and the others about challenging strong opponents, then warned them to run when the strength gap was too great.
• Oscar healed Ci Bufan and She Tian with his sausages, but they turned on him when they heard his incantation as he made more.
• Chen Lang demanded one thousand Gold Soul Coins for the food, and Ci Bufan and She Tian protested the price.
• Ling Yue and Ling Kun arrived with Chen Lang’s grilled chicken wings, and Ci Bufan and She Tian realized the siblings had drawn them into the academy’s scheme.
• Ling Yue confirmed she was Chen Lang’s student, Ling Kun invited Ci Bufan and She Tian to join, and Ci Bufan declared he would never join even if he starved or died of thirst.

Chen Lang blackmailed Ci Bufan and She Tian with compromising recordings to collect a debt, then said he planned to visit Blazing Academy. Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang sensed that the Shrek Academy boy might be coming.

• Ci Bufan and She Tian refused to join Shrek Academy, so Chen Lang knocked them out and had the others record them in their underwear.
• Chen Lang threatened to release the recordings unless Ci Bufan and She Tian paid him twenty million Gold Soul Coins within ten days.
• Chen Lang told Dai Mubai that Ling Kun's eventual return would attract more students and let Shrek charge higher tuition.
• Chen Lang announced that the group would visit Blazing Academy the next day to see Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang sneezed during training and wondered together whether the Shrek Academy boy was coming.

Chen Lang’s group arrived in Blazing City, where he planned to challenge Blazing Academy and use Flame Mountain to resolve Ma Hongjun’s evil fire. The chapter left Yu Tianheng scheming to win over Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong while Chen Lang prepared to carry out his plans.

• Dugu Yan rejected Yu Tianheng’s excuses for getting close to Ning Rongrong and left to focus on cultivation, thinking fondly of Chen Lang.
• Yu Tianheng decided he wanted to marry both Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong to strengthen the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, though he considered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the greater prize.
• Chen Lang’s group traveled toward Blazing City, with Dai Mubai and the others taking turns driving the carriage under the hot sun.
• Chen Lang planned to defeat Blazing Academy and acquire it, while also intending to move Ah Yin to draw Tang Hao away from Tang San.
• After two and a half days, the group reached Blazing City, where Chen Lang planned to use Flame Mountain’s fire energy to help Ma Hongjun undergo Rebirth from Flames and overcome his evil fire.

Chen Lang’s group arrived in Blazing City and went to Blazing Academy, where a confrontation with a rude student ended with Dai Mubai knocking him unconscious. Oscar then used his sausage to revive the student, leaving everyone shocked and disgusted.

• Chen Lang and his companions entered Blazing City and noticed that its fire-rich environment made their Soul Power circulate more actively.
• Chen Lang’s group reached Blazing Academy, where a broom-haired blond student mocked them as country bumpkins.
• Du Meimei flirted with Dai Mubai, provoking the blond student, and Dai Mubai revealed that he was also a Soul Elder.
• The blond student attacked Dai Mubai, but Dai Mubai struck him down before he could finish his threat.
• Oscar pretended to be a Food Support System Spirit Master and shoved a sausage into the unconscious student’s mouth to revive him.

Chen Lang brought Shrek Academy to Blazing Academy to negotiate its acquisition and wagered that one Shrek student could defeat two Blazing Academy students of the same age and cultivation level. Huo Wuqing accepted the bet, and both academies’ students and teachers gathered at the arena as the challenge was about to begin.

• Ma Hongjun panicked at Oscar’s treatment of Xiao Yan, and Chen Lang jokingly offered him an expensive single dorm room.
• Ye Hao recognized Chen Lang and escorted him into Blazing Academy after Chen Lang announced that he wanted to acquire it.
• Huo Wuqing doubted Chen Lang’s claims about the Titan Giant Ape until Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang confirmed what they had witnessed.
• Chen Lang wagered that a Shrek student could defeat two Blazing Academy students of equal age and cultivation level, offering one thousand Gold Soul Coins if he lost and ten million if he won.
• Huo Wuqing accepted the wager, and Blazing Academy’s students, teachers, and higher-ups gathered at the grand spirit arena as the challenge drew near.

Dai Mubai challenged Blazing Academy and fought Huo Wu, Fire Leopard, and Huo Lie at once, displaying his strength and control over his killing intent. He knocked Fire Leopard off the stage and defeated Huo Lie in moments, while Huo Wu remained in the fight.

• Dai Mubai introduced himself as a fourteen-and-a-half-year-old level thirty-nine Soul Elder and challenged Blazing Academy to send opponents against him.
• Chen Lang adjusted the challenge, and Huo Wuqing sent Huo Wu, Fire Leopard, and Huo Lie to fight Dai Mubai together.
• Chen Lang advised Dai Mubai to wield his killing intent like a blade, and Dai Mubai said he understood.
• Huo Wu, Fire Leopard, and Huo Lie launched a coordinated attack, but Dai Mubai used his White Tiger Body Protection Barrier and struck Fire Leopard off the stage.
• Dai Mubai used Huo Wu's Fire Shadow Bind as leverage to unleash his White Tiger Sky-Shattering Claw, which defeated Huo Lie.

Dai Mubai defeated Huo Wu and the Blazing Academy team, while Chen Lang discussed his cultivation method and plans with former Dean Huo Yan. Huo Yan tried to arrange a match between Chen Lang and Huo Wu, but Ling Yue declared that the Dean belonged to her.

• Dai Mubai broke free of Huo Wu's Fire Shadow Bind and forced her to concede.
• Huo Wuqing and Huo Yan recognized the unusual power of Dai Mubai's third Soul Ring and questioned Chen Lang about his cultivation method.
• Chen Lang explained his educational philosophy to Huo Yan, who praised him and said the method could shake Spirit Master theory.
• Huo Yan praised Chen Lang and offered to introduce his granddaughter Huo Wu to him.
• Huo Wu blushed at her grandfather's suggestion, and Ling Yue jumped in, saying the Dean was hers.

Chen Lang learned that a fire vein beneath Blazing City accelerated cultivation but carried dangerous fire poison, and he asked to enter it. The next morning, Huo Wushuang led Chen Lang and the others to the entrance and opened the gate to the blazing abyss below.

• Ling Yue called Chen Lang her Dean brother, while Ling Kun and Huo Wushuang argued over which of their sisters suited him better until Chen Lang silenced them.
• Huo Wuqing accepted Chen Lang's victory in their wager and agreed that Chen Lang could intervene in Blazing Academy's affairs when he wished.
• Huo Wushuang explained that Blazing City's fire vein sped up fire-aligned cultivation but produced fire poison and could become deadly during a pulse.
• Chen Lang asked whether he could cultivate inside the fire vein, and Huo Wushuang agreed to take him there the next day.
• Huo Wushuang led Chen Lang, Dai Mubai, and the others to a flame-marked stone gate and opened it, revealing a deep, fiery cliff with steps descending into the abyss.

Chen Lang led Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar down into Blazing City's fire vein to cultivate, while Ling Yue and Ling Kun stayed at the outermost Flame level. Chen Lang proved immune to the fire toxin and heat as the group reached the Blaze level, where the harsher conditions forced his companions to rely on Soul Power.

• Huo Wushuang explained the fire vein's dangers, described the protective arrays, and gave Chen Lang a Fire Repelling Pendant before leaving.
• Chen Lang warned the group to respect their limits and urged Ma Hongjun to use the fire vein to overcome his evil fire and pursue Rebirth from Flames.
• As they descended, Chen Lang felt no fire toxin or heat, while Ma Hongjun sensed the vein drawing out his evil fire.
• At the Flame level, Chen Lang told Ling Yue and Ling Kun to remain behind because the deeper passage would be too harsh for them.
• Chen Lang led Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar down to the Blaze level, where intense heat made all three rely on Soul Power.

Chen Lang descended to the Ember layer and resonated with the fire vein’s Core Flame, while Ma Hongjun followed and unleashed his Evil Fire to refine his Martial Soul. The chapter ended with Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Martial Soul appearing in a sinister, fire-wreathed form as his Evil Fire erupted completely.

• Chen Lang sent Dai Mubai and Oscar to cultivate in a room at the edge of the Blazing layer and continued toward the Ember layer with Ma Hongjun.
• Chen Lang withstood the Ember layer’s violent fire energy, reached its platform, and touched the crystal containing the fire vein’s Core Flame.
• Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Soul Power advanced toward level 40, while Oscar’s fiery-patterned sausages gained stronger restorative effects.
• When Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire intensified, Chen Lang told him to release it, summon his Martial Soul, and use the Ember layer’s flames to refine it.
• Ma Hongjun summoned his Phoenix Martial Soul, which appeared wrapped in sinister Evil Fire, as the Evil Fire erupted completely.

Ma Hongjun overcame the Evil Fire and awakened a golden Sacred Phoenix, then chose to fuse with the Ember Fire in the fire vein. Chen Lang left him the Cock's Comb Phoenix Sunflower for protection, but a massive fire pulse erupted and swallowed Ma Hongjun.

• The Evil Fire Phoenix overwhelmed Ma Hongjun until Chen Lang lent him Soul Power and urged him to fight back.
• Ma Hongjun resisted the Evil Fire with his will and burned it away, awakening a golden Phoenix.
• When Nirvana Fire stirred the Ember Fire, Ma Hongjun told Chen Lang he intended to fuse with the fire vein's power.
• Chen Lang gave Ma Hongjun the Cock's Comb Phoenix Sunflower and rushed toward the Blazing layer.
• A fire dragon burst from the vein, and Ma Hongjun challenged it before being swallowed by the flames.

Ma Hongjun absorbed the Ember Fire and fused it with his True Phoenix Fire, reaching level 36. After he emerged from the flames, Chen Lang asked whether the transformation had evolved his martial soul.

• Ma Hongjun drew the Ember Fire into his body and fused it with his Phoenix flames while Chen Lang cultivated in the Blaze Layer.
• Chen Lang found a golden fire cocoon in the Ember Layer and told Dai Mubai and Oscar that Ma Hongjun appeared to have succeeded.
• Ma Hongjun emerged from the cocoon at level 36, wielding flames born from the fusion of True Phoenix Fire and Ember Fire.
• Ma Hongjun thanked Chen Lang for the medicinal herb, and Chen Lang asked whether his martial soul had evolved.

Ma Hongjun explained that the Cock's Comb Phoenix Sunflower purged his evil fire and evolved his Martial Soul into an Ember Sacred Phoenix, while he vowed to support Chen Lang. At Spirit Hall, Ci Bufan and She Tian revealed their defeat and nude-photo blackmail to their grandfathers, who paid the ten million Gold Soul Coins.

• Ma Hongjun told Chen Lang that the herb fused his flames, purged his evil fire, evolved his Martial Soul, and raised his Soul Power to level 36.
• Ma Hongjun thanked Chen Lang and vowed to protect him, then resolved to work hard and catch up while Chen Lang cultivated.
• Ci Bufan and She Tian told Porcupine Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo that Chen Lang had defeated them despite being a twelve-year-old Soul Emperor with all-black Soul Rings.
• Ci Bufan and She Tian asked their grandfathers for ten million Gold Soul Coins to settle their losses, initially leaving out the nude photos Chen Lang had taken.
• Ci Bufan and She Tian revealed the blackmail, and their grandfathers reluctantly handed them Gold Soul Coin cards before Porcupine Douluo asked about Ling Kun and Ling Yue cultivating at Shrek Academy.

Chen Lang reached Soul Power level 63 while cultivating in the Underground Fire Vein and decided to return to Shrek Academy to collect tuition from Ci Bufan and She Tian. He brought Ling Kun along to demonstrate how much he had improved and tempt the Douluo into joining the academy.

• Ci Bufan and the other elders suspected Qian Jun and Jiang Mo had sent their grandsons to Shrek Academy to avoid embarrassment, so Porcupine Douluo urged Snake Lance Douluo to find a place there too.
• Chen Lang reached level 63 after cultivating in the Ember Layer and decided it was time to return to Shrek Academy for the tuition money.
• Chen Lang told Ma Hongjun they would continue training in the Ember Layer, then stopped Huo Wushuang and Ling Kun's fight and announced his departure.
• Ling Yue and Huo Wu asked for private lessons, while Ling Kun agreed to return with Chen Lang after hearing that Ci Bufan and She Tian were coming.
• Chen Lang explained that Ling Kun would show the elders how much he had improved, prompting Oscar to predict they would want to join Shrek Academy and pay tuition.

On the way back to Shrek Academy, Ling Kun was cheered up by his friends, while Ci Bufan and She Tian arrived to exchange their blackmail materials with Chen Lang. Chen Lang offered them a chance to win back their money through a duel, and after the others mocked them, Ling Kun stepped forward to defend his pride.

• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar tried to console Ling Kun after he felt insulted by being called trash.
• Ci Bufan and She Tian met Chen Lang at Shrek Academy and exchanged ten million Gold Soul Coins for the Memory Soul Tool containing their nude photos and videos.
• Chen Lang offered Ci Bufan and She Tian a wager: win a one-on-one fight against one of his group and receive five million Gold Soul Coins, or lose and pay only one million.
• Ci Bufan and She Tian hesitated after checking the Shrek students' levels, while Chen Lang, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun mocked their reluctance.
• Ling Kun stepped forward and declared that only Ci Bufan and She Tian were cowardly trash, not him.

Chen Lang arranged a wager between Ci Bufan and Ling Kun, whose tuition deal helped persuade him to sign. Ling Kun used the strength and combat skills gained through two months of brutal training to overpower Ci Bufan, leaving him injured and questioning the academy’s methods.

• Ci Bufan and Ling Kun signed Chen Lang’s wager agreement, with Ling Kun promised a tuition discount if he won.
• Ci Bufan revealed his Blood Thorn Pig Martial Soul and challenged Ling Kun, who faced him with his Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Ling Kun dodged Ci Bufan’s Blood Thorn Assault and struck him hard enough to stagger him.
• Ci Bufan charged with his second Soul Skill, but Ling Kun used the momentum to counterattack and nearly hit his chest.
• Ling Kun evaded Ci Bufan’s Blood Thorn Cage by launching himself above it.
• Ling Kun shattered Ci Bufan’s Blood Escape Barrier with a powerful staff strike, leaving Ci Bufan coughing blood and wondering how Ling Kun had improved so quickly.